Brush.



T. BRANTLEY.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1909.

` Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

entran sraiigsranr erstes.

THOMAS BRANTLEY, OF ALBN'Y, GEORGIA, SSIGNOR T0 SUTHERN MACHINE.

WORKS, OF ALBANY, GEGRGIA, A CORPORATION OF GERGA.

BRUSH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that THOMAS BRANTLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Albany, in the county of Dougherty and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates particularly to brushes of the kind used for cleaning lint cotton from the saws of cotton gins and consists of an improved way of attachingv tufts of bristles to the brush bars used in ro-l tary cotton gin brushes.

ln the accompanying drawings -Figure l is a perspective 'view of part of a brushbar with tufts of bristles mounted therein. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are detail views of the tufts showing how the ferrules are applied. Fig. 6 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of part of a brush-bar formed with tuft-receiving holes and recesses and illustrates how the tufts of bris# tles are secured. in place. cross-section of one of the bars with a tuft of bristles mounted thereon;

The brush-bar A is preferably l.shape in` I 40` of bristles X, and these tufts are constructed and secured in place in an improved way.

As shown in Figs. 2, 3, ,il and 5, each tuft of bristles is drawn into a metallic ferrule B which is open at one end to its full eX- tent, and is formed at its opposite end with a slight flange b. lhe bristles are drawn Specification of Letters Patent.

Application ged May 27, 1909.

Fig. 7 shows a Patented Sept. 6, lil.

Serial No. 498,629.

into the ferrule in the manner shown by means of a cord C in such manner that the inner end of the bristles project slightly beyond the iange b but the tuft is prevented by this flange from passing to any great extent out of the ferrule. The ferruleequipped tufts thus constructed are arranged in the holes a of the brush-bars in the manner indicatedfthe ferrules extending into the recesses or vgrooves a; and resting on the abutments at'the lower ends of said grooves. l

When a brush-bar has been equipped with the ferruled tufts, recesses or creases D are formed in the ferrules and tufts in the manner shown close to the under or inner side of the flange a of the brush-bar. rlhis operation serves to firmly compress the ferruled tufts in the recesses m and it forms lugs or projections (l on opposite sides of the recesses which lie close'to the under side of the ange a and close to the'body portion a2 of the brush-bar. ln this way the tufts are prevented from moving in the brush-bar either by centrifugal force or otherwise.

claim as my invention:

A. brush bar, a flange on one edge of said f bar, said bar being provided with a groove having an abutment at one end and extended at the other end through said flange to form a hole therein, a ferrule resting on said abutment, and extending along said groove and into said hole, a tuft of bristles carried by said ferrule, said ferrule being creased below said flange whereby the bristles are firmly clamped within said ferrule and projections are formed on said latter which are in engagement with the lower side of said flange thereby holding all the parts firmly together.

n testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

THOMAS BRANTLEY. l/Vitnesses:

LLOYD B. l/VIGHT, E. B. Franzoni. 

